Gold prices has stabilised below a seven-and-a-half-month high after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that only "gradual" adjustments to monetary policy are likely and stressed that global headwinds could hurt US growth.

Gold prices has stabilised below a seven-and-a-half-month high after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that only "gradual" adjustments to monetary policy are likely and stressed that global headwinds could hurt US growth.